Cadiz style by La Primitiva, Bs Aires c.1905.
Cadiz style playing cards produced by or for La Primitiva, Victoria 3179, Buenos Aires c.1905. The cards have the black 'Mercury' tax stamp on the four of cups.
![Fabrica de Naipes La Primitiva, Buenos Aires, c.1878-1920](https://www.wopc.co.uk/images/countries/argentina/laprimitiva/top.jpg)
La Primitiva, Victoria 3179, Buenos Aires c.1878-1920, manufacturers of paper and playing cards.
Also at Moreno 248 and Defensa 125, Bs. As.
La Primitiva was registered as a paper mill in 1878. The cards shown below date from the early 1900s and have the black 'Mercury' tax stamp on the four of cups. The reverse has a red trellis pattern. The design of the cards matches the Cádiz-Catalan style pattern made by Sebastian Comas y Ricart (Barcelona, Spain) so was likely manufactured by Comas and customised for La Primitiva. This colourful design pattern continued to be imported into Argentina for many years, see later example here►
![Cadiz style playing cards manufactured by Sebastian Comas y Ricart for La Primitiva, Buenos Aires, c.1905 Cadiz style playing cards manufactured by Sebastian Comas y Ricart for La Primitiva, Buenos Aires, c.1905](https://www.wopc.co.uk/images/countries/argentina/laprimitiva/la-primitiva-1905.jpg)
Above: Cadiz-Catalan style playing cards manufactured by Sebastian Comas y Ricart (Barcelona) for La Primitiva, Buenos Aires, c.1905
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